Social media food fight: Popeyes vs. Chick-fil-A

The battle began with many rushing to try out Popeyes new chicken sandwich for $3.99.

Author:
Heather Hope, Reporter

Published:
9:26 PM PDT August 23, 2019

Updated:
9:26 PM PDT August 23, 2019

SAN DIEGO — Fast-food chains Popeyes and Chick-fil-A have been pitted against each other in a social media food fight over their chicken sandwiches.

Popeyes issued the challenge to Chick-Fil-A in a tweet on August 19 that asked: “...y’all good?”

The battle began with many rushing to try out Popeyes new chicken sandwich for $3.99.

“Chick-fil-A’s sandwich is kind of plain unlike when you have a Popeyes one. Theirs was good and now you have this new one, and you see what's better,” said Christopher Haywood who waited in a long drive-thru line at the Tierrasanta location.

The Tierrasanta Popeyes has sold out of its chicken sandwiches daily and has had to post signs saying “ sorry for the inconvenience, out of stock.”

“It’s been hard, we came at like 10:15 after they opened at 10, and they were out,” said Popeyes customer Hykeem Conant.

The Popeyes pandemonium has added pressure for employees. One cashier working the drive-through says the restaurant has been the busiest that she has seen in three years

“On Wednesday, we served 837 sandwiches that day," she said.

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But some are Chick-fil-A loyalists - like Meena Naik.

“The breading, it's just really good, so I thought I’d give this one a try after I saw the twitter discussion,” said the Mission Valley resident.

Patrons have been fanning out for Popeyes causing packed restaurants and sold out sandwiches across the country.